Herma Hill Kay, 1934-2017
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Interview with Tracy K. Smith
We talk race, taking advice from Seamus Heaney and poetry’s vital place in society with the US’s next Poet Laureate
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Fine pencils are no use in the UK’s big-picture fees debate
University leaders dismayed by factual holes in the revived debate over tuition fees should respond with some broad brush strokes of their own, says Andy Westwood
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Lord Adonis is dead wrong: tuition fees should stay
Knee-jerk, uncosted and damaging calls to abolish fees must be resisted, says Bill Rammell
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A graduate tax would bring transparency to university funding
Flexible degrees and a clearer public contribution to their cost would command widespread support, says Iain Martin
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Optimism about US international student numbers is misplaced
US universities’ efforts to remain positive won’t wash. Trump is a disaster for recruitment, say Philip Altbach and Hans de Wit
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Academic writing: how to stay afloat
Early career academics can be left to sink or swim when navigating the choppy waters of learning scholarly writing. Helen Sword says a more formal, communal approach can help everyone, especially...
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Inequality: are hyper-selective universities making it worse?
John Morgan considers the hierarchies of prestige in higher education, the insights offered by big data research, and whether mixed-ability universities are the answer
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Generational and class gaps in attitudes on fees, polling finds
Tuition fees rank marginally above animal rights on list of voting priorities – but young people assign higher importance
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Why aren’t we debating all the issues in higher education?
As the row over fees reignites and mutates into a debate over the very purpose of universities, silence reigns on the issue of hyper-selectivity
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Laurie Taylor – 20 July 2017
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